Mission Areas

Energy and Environment

Chemical physics of materials, interfaces, and surfaces down to single atoms

Quantum Materials

Understanding and controlling quantum systems to enable novel technologies

Sensors and Devices

Exploring and tailoring the electronic, optical and magnetic properties of matter at the nanoscale

bIOMed

Biophysics, Nanomedicine, and Soft Matter

Facilities & Labs

IOM provides, develops and maintains strategic infrastructures for the national and international scientific communities to study advanced materials, nanostructures, biosystems, sensors and devices.

How to apply for access

Large-scale facilities

Laboratories at synchrotron, free-electron laser, and neutron scattering infrastructures that are open to the national and international scientific communities

Synthesis and Nano Fabrication

Facilities to design novel materials with control at the nano- and meso-scale by means of atomic beam deposition, lithographic methods with electrons, ions and X-rays

Analytical Microscopy and Spectroscopy

Laboratories for the advanced characterization of materials and bio-systems by scanning probe and electronic microscopes, and laser light spectroscopies

Theory & Simulation

Computer modeling and HPC that provide fundamental atomic-scale insights at the frontiers of nano science, condensed-matter physics, and biochemistry.